Originally Posted by Barghest
There were some horrible reviews for the PC version. Are the console versions any better?

First installment didn't have positive reception as well but don't let some negative reviews deceive you. If you are looking for a great Action-RPG, Risen 2 is a must. No doubt console versions will receive lower scores but as I said there is nothing to worry about. Critics (or rather professional journalists) of the industry always give Risen/Gothic series low scores (at least lower than what they deserve), it's not surprising at all.

The first game had some really weird bugs. My character's head or various body parts kept disappearing!

Didn't notice anything like that in the second game, although I hate the way Piranha bytes seems enjoy locking down the quicksave key to F8, so you can't change it without messing around in the config file.

Originally Posted by CountChocula
Didn't notice anything like that in the second game, although I hate the way Piranha bytes seems enjoy locking down the quicksave key to F8, so you can't change it without messing around in the config file.

You think the folks at GOG actually make patches for other companies games? Dude, they steal cracks from the warez scene to make their games DRM free, they're not building patches for software they didn't write. If a game on GOG is patched beyond the original releases, it's the developers who did it.

1) thats speculation
2) I don't give a F who patches it.
3) If the developer needs motivation to polish their junk, they ain't looking good in my eyes
Hope you understand where i'm comming from this time, and stop getting butthurt

Weird. I hoped, that the delay in releasing console versions meant among other things a major polishing job to the game, that would also find its way into the PC version eventually. It seems, that console versions weren't simply ready when PC version was released. PB really are as incompetent developing for consoles as Rockstar is developing for PC. I hope they see the light one day and stop developing for consoles, because frankly they suck at it.